By Emma Briones Rating: B- Royal Salute has unveiled an all new 21 Year Old Polo Edition for 2017, this time designed to be enjoyed during the day. It is described by the company as “the ideal accompaniment to sophisticated sporting occasions such as polo.” It is not the first time the brand has been related with polo and its ...
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Westland Garryana Edition 2/1 American Malt Whiskey Review (2017)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Some may put the focus of their whiskey geekery on still design or mash bills (a rare few wisely include yeast to that), but seeing as how 40 to 80% of the flavor of a whiskey comes from its barrel maturation, I prefer to focus on wood, climate and time. One of the best outcomes ...
Read More »Collabor&tion Brandy Cask Bourbon Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B- Collabor&tion Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in American Brandy Barrels is, as the name implies (rather more strongly that the first glance suggests, in fact), a collaboration project between Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) and Copper & Kings. The former is a mid-sized distillery intent on joining MGP as a major supplier of stock whiskey to ...
Read More »Willett Family Estate 3 Year Old Rye Whiskey Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: A- Have you has a whiskey catch you absolutely taken off guard? Imagine the instructors when James T. Kirk led the cadets in the combat training exercise The Kobayashi Maru (Star Trek fans?). It was designed to measure how a candidate would cope with certain defeat and ultimate death in a sure loser of a ...
Read More »New Zealand Whisky Co. Oamaruvian Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ New Zealand Whisky Company is unique among independent bottlers because it exists in a country with no active distilleries, and their stock in trade is whisky made by a single distillery, Willowbank, that was shuttered in 1997. The Oamaruvian story starts with Dunedin DoubleWood, which in turn began with 200 ex-Bourbon barrels of grain whisky. ...
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